Tuesday, March 31

• Tron Sequel Adds Supermodel and Title

  The Tron sequel has gone by many names: Tr2n, Tron 2.0, but at ShoWest, Slashfilm reports that Disney presented a new logo with the brand new name of Tron. Yes, it's simple, classic, perhaps a touch similar to the original, but sometimes, you've got to go with what works, right Disney? (Psst, Disney, it's not that hard, just pick a new title and stick with it! Watch: Tron 2: Tron Harder. Done!)

  In more Tron news, and by that I mean the sequel and not the original, supermodel Serinda Swan has been added to its cast. Swan will be familiar to Smallville fans, having just played sorceress Zatanna in a recent episode. Swan, along with Beau Garrett and two other actresses, will play "temptresses from inside the computer world. We're sort of the main guy's go-to girls."

  Which "main guy" is unclear. Jeff Bridges? Bruce Boxleitner? Garrett Hedlund as Bridges' son? Pretty vague, Swan.

  
  
  Next Showing: Tron opens in 2011 (it also opened in 1982 as a different movie with the same name)

  Posted 03/31/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Bruce Boxleitner | Jeff Bridges | Garrett Hedlund | Serinda Swan | Beau Garrett | Tron: Legacy

Tuesday, December 16

• Tron Sequel Casting News

  For those of you asking: "They're making a sequel to Tron?" The answer is "yes." The clunky title of Tr2n was revealed at a Comic-Con in August 2008, when a teaser trailer debuted. Olivia Wilde (TV's House) and Beau Garrett (Turistas) have been added to a cast that includes Jeff Bridges returning to fight the Master Control program (What, Bruce Boxleitner is busy?). In fact, Bridges is not just returning, he's excited. He told the Guardian: "Basically, I'm still a child, I love being childlike, and here was another chance to play with these crazy toys. And the cutting-edge technology makes it exciting."

  Tr2n will be shot in 3-D and is set to open sometime in 2011. It will be directed by newcomer Joseph Kosinski and written by Lost producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis.

  
  

  Posted 12/16/2008 by Ryan

  Related: Bruce Boxleitner | Jeff Bridges | Edward Kitsis | Adam Horowitz | Beau Garrett | Olivia Wilde | Tron | Tron: Legacy